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A lot of this was made possible by the 1989 Batman movie, which had several sequels during the 1990s. Batman had been a blockbuster hit, with huge marketing presence (“1989 Batmania”). This cleared a path for a sequel with some of the bigger talent of these days. Director Tim...

Background Real Name: José Luis Torrente. Marital Status: Single. Known Relatives: Mauricio Torrente “Tito Mauri” (father, deceased by the end of the second movie), “Papà” (uncle, deceased by the end of the first movie), “Yaya” (grandmother,...

Context Cutthroat Island is a 1995 period comedy-adventure movie. It has lots of pirates and is set in the 1660s in the Caribbeans. One of the movie’s leads is Morgan Adams, played by Geena Davis. Cutthroat Island was meant to be a blockbuster, but the production broke real...

Context Escape from New York is a 1981 sci-fi movie with a cyberpunk atmosphere. A cult classic, it was successful enough to get a sequel (Escape from L.A.) 15 years later. As with other John Carpenter sci-fi films, Escape was an important movie for Generation X nerds. Back then...

Nowadays we’d do things well differently. But heh, these notes remain useful. I think. Powers and Abilities Chow Yun-Fat’s primary power is the ability to mow down mooks by the bucket full. He drops bad guys in such quantities that he makes Dirty Harry look like a...